Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-28

Just before the convention on Wednes-
day met for its afternoon session. the COM
mittee appointed for the purpose of select
ing delegates 10 the state convention dis
covered that it had omitted the usual cour
tesy of placing the chairman of the county
central committee on this delegation. A
second session of the committee was called.
and Mr.. Il. +. Hayward. member Of the
committee, whose name was also on the
list of delegates. gracefully withdrew in
favor Of Mr. Miles. Champion Citg
Times.
The REPUBLIC is pleased to express its
concurrence with the Times in its assertion
that Mr.. Hayward's act WAS graceful. But
the same paper Says-cOncerning the ap-
pointment of Mr. Russell NJ. Seeds as a
delegate to the republican convention:
This graceful tribute paid to the Times
by the republicans of Clark county simply
goes to show that the Times is known and
appreciated as the representative republi-
can newspaper.
We must take issue with the Times in
this. The compliment was not to the
Times. neither would Mr.. Seeds consider it
a compliment TO himself il We should state
just how the appointment was secured. He
was accused by members of the COM
mittee of being democrat, and on
being brought before the committee, as
serted that he had always been repub-
nature of a surprise Ia number of Mr..
SeedS's ow-journalists, who have had
many hot political discussion with him.
in which he uniformly took the side Of the
democracy He may have been codding
the boys and if he now proposes to vote the
republican ticket we may have a gain of
one. in the fall election. But the claim
that this graceful tribute"-which. i'll the
circumstances. was also touching goes
to show" tnat the Times lis known and ap-
preciaied as the representative republican
newspaper" by anybody but its Own-
erS and editors is too absurd to
be entertained. If resolution.
stating that the Times was the representa-
tive republican newspaper had been
brought before the convention il wuuli
have been cycloned and annIhilated in an
instant. If there is any one local political
or journalistic fact know and recognized in
this county. district or state. more than
another. it is that the REPrBLIC is the re-
publican organ of this city. 1t has been
such since the republican party was organ
lied. and il will continue to be such as long
as the party lives. The Tnres has a right
to be a republican paper, and if it can be
shown that ii has ever promoted republican
success. the fact should be SO recognized.
But if il should appear that the only infiu-
enca the Times has eXerted has been 10 de-
crease republican maiOrities and to imperil
republican success. then that fact should
be recognized and il it is a fact il will be
recognized. In any event, while the RI
PUBLIC is printed and published in this
city. and in view of all the circumstances,
the assertion by the Times that it is the"
republican paper has the simple and sole
effect of calling attention t. its oceanic gall
and its Himalayan cheek.
II is undoubtedly true that there has been
a good deal of vigorous kicking over the
appointment of a man as delegate to the
state republican convention whose repub- !
icanism is even questioned. Such thing |
will never be done again.